Utah Code 20A-1-303. Determining results
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Terms Used In Utah Code 20A-1-303
- Ballot: means the storage medium, including a paper, mechanical, or electronic storage medium, that records an individual voter's vote. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
- Election: means a regular general election, a municipal general election, a statewide special election, a local special election, a regular primary election, a municipal primary election, and a special district election. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
- Equal: means , with respect to biological sex, of the same value. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Person: means :(24)(a) an individual;(24)(b) an association;(24)(c) an institution;(24)(d) a corporation;(24)(e) a company;(24)(f) a trust;(24)(g) a limited liability company;(24)(h) a partnership;(24)(i) a political subdivision;(24)(j) a government office, department, division, bureau, or other body of government; and(24)(k) any other organization or entity. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5(1)(a) Except as provided in Title 20A, Chapter 4, Part 6, Municipal Alternate Voting Methods Pilot Project, when one person is to be elected or nominated, the person receiving the highest number of votes at any:(1)(a)(i) election for any office to be filled at that election is elected to that office; and(1)(a)(ii) primary for nomination for any office is nominated for that office.(1)(b) Except as provided in Title 20A, Chapter 4, Part 6, Municipal Alternate Voting Methods Pilot Project, when more than one person is to be elected or nominated, the persons receiving the highest number of votes at any:(1)(b)(i) election for any office to filled at that election are elected to that office; and(1)(b)(ii) primary for nomination for any office are nominated for that office.
(2) Any ballot proposition submitted to voters for their approval or rejection:
(2)(a) passes if the number of “yes” votes is greater than the number of “no” votes; and
(2)(b) fails if:
(2)(b)(i) the number of “yes” votes equal the number of “no” votes; or
(2)(b)(ii) the number of “no” votes is greater than the number of “yes” votes.